About the day » Thursday August 2, 1928Calender converter

• Betty Boelkins, Fulton (Whiteside, Illinois, USA) († 2013)
• Elza Mestdagh, Knesselare,9910,Oost Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,België († 1979)
• Daniël Hendrik van der Meij, Rijnsburg († 1991)
• Elliot Goeman, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 1954)
• Carolina Maria Fliers, Vlissingen († 2018)
• Derk Ferdinand HOOIMAN, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Cornelia Elisabeth van den Berg († 2008)
• Betty Jean Tolsma († 2010)
• Catharina Petronella van Oversteeg († 2016)
• Daniël Hendrik van der Meij, Rijnsburg († 1991)

• Andrew Mitchell Russell (0), Webb, Tallahatchie, Mississippi, United States
• Clementia Maria Louisa Van Neste (63), Knokke West-Vlaanderen
• Albertje Tjeerds van der Werff (65), Wouterswoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Baaijens (37), Boxtel
• Albertje van der Werff (65), Wouterswoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Sijs (0), Venhuizen, Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje van der WERFF (65), Dantumadeel
• Cornelia Ederveen (1), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catherine PICTON (80), Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States
• Arie van der Zwaard (85), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1925 » John Dexter, English director and producer († 1990)
• 1925 » John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player († 2017)
• 1925 » K. Arulanandan, Ceylon-American engineer and academic († 2004)
• 1927 » Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, English mathematician and academic († 2018)
• 1928 » Malcolm Hilton, English cricketer († 1990)
• 1929 » David Waddington, Baron Waddington, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Bermuda († 2017)
• 1929 » John Gale, English director and producer
• 1929 » Roy Crimmins, English trombonist and composer († 2014)
• 1929 » Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs († 2013)
• 1930 » Vali Myers, Australian painter and dancer († 2003)

• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Petrus
8. Gerrit
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Gerardus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Antonius
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Margaretha
14. Grietje
15. Aaltje
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
• June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
• September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
• November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.

The temperature on August 2, 1928 was between 7.3 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.